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MAURICIO MESSIAS

Sydney,Australia

Summary

Ethical and self-motivated professional, passionate about people, technology and product development. With over 20 years of experience in the technology market, I have built a significant portion of my career in the Financial sector, working extensively in Banks and Capital Markets. I have also gained valuable experience in diverse sectors, including Air Defence, Real Estate, E-commerce and Services.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Delivery Lead

Citadel
Sydney, NSW
09.2022 - 04.2023
  • Managed a team of 6 front/back-end engineers in the development of a cloud-based platform, ensuring technical agreements and collaboration through individual and team meetings.
  • Facilitated ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives and recognition activities to build an environment of trust, open communication and ensure successful outcomes.
  • Optimized workflow, eliminated bottlenecks and implemented continuous improvement initiatives, resulting in a 40% increase in in team productivity.
  • Facilitated meetings to track progress and enhance visibility throughout the Discovery and Delivery phases using Miro, ClickUp, and GitHub.
  • Monitored the team's performance through metrics and used the data to discuss trends and create a delivery cadence. Reduced the WIP in 70%
  • Collaborated closely with the CTO and Product Manager to optimize and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Facilitated workshops, including Product Vision sessions, to promote team alignment, identify the product's characteristics, and objectives, build a product roadmap and provide greater alignment between stakeholders.
  • Monitored quarterly milestones and results to give visibility to investors and senior management through a tactical/strategic dashboard.
  • Led efforts to refine and decompose 7 epics and 15 features, developing user stories and acceptance criteria.

Sr Agile Delivery Lead

UNICO
São Paulo, Brazil
08.2021 - 03.2022
  • Collaborated in the creation of an Agility Chapter to be the guardian of agility and promoter of organizational culture.
  • I worked at a strategic level facilitating portfolio meetings, contributing to the selection of initiatives and epics, facilitating OKR discussions and leading Tribe's value stream mapping.
  • Led and facilitated team ceremonies, with a main focus on problem-solving, hypothesis validation, backlog selection, bi-weekly planning, daily meetings, results presentation, retrospectives and feedback sessions with clients.
  • Guided teams towards self-organization, cultivating a collaborative environment that values continuous improvement, quality and innovation.
  • Optimized the teams workflows, eliminated bottlenecks and implemented continuous improvement initiatives, increasing the team's productivity. Reduced work in progress (WIP) by 40%
  • Monitored team performance through metrics and used the data to discuss trends and create a delivery cadence. Metrics implemented CFD, Throughput, Lead Time, Customer Lead Time, Aging WIP, etc.
  • Mentored and guided 6 more teams, product managers and engineering managers in adopting agile practices. (Kanban, Scrum)
  • I trained 6 teams to use JIRA Software. I have successfully implemented and configured more than 10 projects.

Sr Agile Delivery Lead / Enterprise Agile Coach

GFT (B3 Stock exchange)
São Paulo, Brazil
08.2020 - 08.2021
  • Led the implementation of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) for a large-scale B3 (Stock Exchange) financial unit, facilitating alignment between multiple teams and improving the overall efficiency of the Data and Analytics tribe's initiatives and projects.
  • Conducted the complete mapping of the value chain with Operational Flow, identification of 47 systems and services, mapping of 11 technologies, 80 people and different skills.
  • Guided and coached executives and senior leadership teams in adopting SAFe, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, experimentation and continuous improvement.
  • Facilitated portfolio meetings, contributed to initiative/epic selection, and actively participated in OKR discussions.
  • Conducted ceremonies such as IP Planning with more than 80 people engaged, System Demonstration events and synchronization events for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers and Solution Architects.
  • I led a series of meetings with Scrum Masters (SoS) intending to facilitate their performance in different contexts and cultivate effective communication. I conducted 1:1 sessions with each Scrum Master.
  • I identified opportunities for improvement in a Strategy and Tactics context. Collected data from interested parties, validated hypotheses and implemented improvement actions for products, processes, people and engineering.
  • Implemented robust metrics and analytical strategies, using tools such as Jira, Confluence and Excel, resulting in data-based decision-making and greater predictability for the value chain. Examples: "Program Predictability Measure" and "Program Board".
  • I cultivated self-organization within teams, promoting a collaborative environment that celebrated innovation, continuous improvement and sharing successes.

Agile Delivery Lead

OLX
São Paulo, Brazil
05.2017 - 07.2020
  • Coached, mentored and guided more than 20 technology, product and business teams in adopting agile and Lean practices and principles to improve processes and manage workflows.
  • Led and facilitated tactical and strategic ceremonies, emphasising problem solving, hypothesis validation, initiative selection, quarterly planning, results generation and connecting the business with the operational side of the teams.
  • Implemented Kanban for Portfolio and Programme management, improving workflow visibility and efficiency.
  • Collaborated in the creation of an Agility Chapter to be the guardian of agility and promoter of organisational culture.
  • Facilitated ceremonies such as team planning, daily meetings, reviews, retrospectives and recognition activities to build an environment of trust and open communication.
  • Guided teams towards self-organisation, fostering a collaborative environment that valued continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Facilitated Agile workshops and training sessions as Product Vision Board, Lean Inception, Kanban and Scrum.
  • Successfully adopted and promoted Business Agility in the organisation, integrating different departments, responding to changes resulting from company mergers and ensuring constant delivery of value.
  • Successfully introduced and integrated Zendesk + GitHub incident management tools.

Education

MBA - Project Management

FIAP`
São Paulo
05-2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

FIAP
São Paulo
12-2008

Skills

  • Lean / Agile Methodologies
  • Scale Agile
  • Delivery Management
  • Project and Product Management
  • Analysis of Requirements
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Building and Mentoring Teams
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Team Leadership
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Facilitation
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Attention to Detail
  • Conflict Resolution

Certification

  • ICAgile Certified Professional - ICP-ACC
  • Certified Scrum Master CSM
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO
  • Kanban Management Professional KMP
  • SAFe Agilist
  • Customer Experience Professional (CXP, F4P)
  • Management 3.0

Timeline

Delivery Lead

Citadel
09.2022 - 04.2023

Sr Agile Delivery Lead

UNICO
08.2021 - 03.2022

Sr Agile Delivery Lead / Enterprise Agile Coach

GFT (B3 Stock exchange)
08.2020 - 08.2021

Agile Delivery Lead

OLX
05.2017 - 07.2020

MBA - Project Management

FIAP`

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

FIAP

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